{"id":1232185,"date":"2025-03-10T09:11:04","date_gmt":"2025-03-10T09:11:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/pt\/?p=1232185"},"modified":"2025-03-10T09:11:04","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T09:11:04","slug":"a-guide-to-greater-bostons-bounty-of-spring-classical-music-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/pt\/a-guide-to-greater-bostons-bounty-of-spring-classical-music-events\/","title":{"rendered":"A guide to Greater Boston\u2019s bounty of spring classical music events"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\u201cHarken to the tidings that will bring the spring!\u201d That\u2019s what we sang in the third grade to the tune of \u201cSpring Song,\u201d Mendelssohn\u2019s most famous \u201cSong without<\/em> Words.\u201d We all hope this hard winter is now over, and that spring will suddenly fill the air. Here\u2019s a catalogue of upcoming spring concerts, many of which sound not only seasonal but irresistible. And don\u2019t forget the numerous free upcoming concerts at our local parks, schools, conservatories and churches.<\/p>\n

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SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAS<\/h2>\n

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Symphony Hall | March 20-May 3<\/h3>\n

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Three of our leading orchestra\u2019s five low-price morning family concerts led by Thomas Wilkins are already sold out. \u201cSounding Together: An Exploration of Courage, Caution, and Kindness\u201d<\/a> includes tuneful excerpts from works by Stravinsky, Shostakovich, Bonds, Gounod, Grieg and Carlos Simon (March 21-22).<\/p>\n

The next concert is also sure to be packed: Mozart\u2019s unfinished final work, his beloved Requiem, with Finnish conductor Dima Slobodeniouk leading a cast that includes the Metropolitan Opera lyric soprano Erin Morley, mezzo-soprano Avery Amereau, tenor Simon Bode and impressive young bass Morris Robinson. The concert begins with Arvo P\u00e4rt\u2019s \u201cTabula Rasa\u201d (March 27-29<\/a>). Then Slobodeniouk returns the following week with three pieces that responded to war, Adolphus Hailstorks\u2019s \u201cLachrymosa: 1919,\u201d Stravinsky\u2019s great but seldom programed Symphony in Three Movements, and the Elgar Violin Concerto with German violin virtuoso Frank Peter Zimmermann (April 3-5<\/a>).<\/p>\n

The BSO\u2019s music director Andris Nelsons returns to the composer for whom he\u2019s currently most admired in a series called \u201cDecoding Shostakovich.\u201d He begins with two of the composer\u2019s least performed symphonies, Nos. 6 and 11 (April 10<\/a>). Then, for one night only, Nelsons repeats the Shostakovich 11th along with his first Cello Concerto, with Yo-Yo Ma, a concert already listed as sold out but there\u2019s always a last-minute chance for a returned ticket (April 11<\/a>).<\/p>\n

The following week, the beloved pianist Mitsuko Uchida joins Nelsons in Beethoven\u2019s most beloved piano concerto, No. 4, on a program with Shostakovich\u2019s uncanny final symphony (April 17-19<\/a>). Nelsons then repeats the 6th after the world premiere of Aleksandra Vrebalov\u2019s \u201cLove Canticles\u201d\u00a0for chorus and orchestra, a BSO commission, and Stravinsky\u2019s \u201dSymphony of Psalms,\u201d a profound work I hope Nelsons has begun to figure out how to bring to life (April 26-27<\/a>). The Shostakovich series and the entire spring season concludes with the composer\u2019s Violin Concerto No. 1, with Nelsons\u2019 eloquent Latvian compatriot and frequent collaborator Baiba Skride, and Symphony No. 8 (May 2-3<\/a>).<\/p>\n

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NEC’s Jordan Hall | March 22 & May 10<\/h3>\n

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Boston\u2019s \u201cdoctors\u2019 orchestra\u201d consists largely of serious amateur players who are primarily healthcare professionals, giving ambitious concerts both for the pleasure of playing and to raise money for deserving nonprofit medical organizations (a different one for each concert). Since 1991, the Longwood has collected more than $2.8 million for more than 50 \u201cCommunity Partners.\u201d This spring, music director Jotaro Nakano leads two programs. \u201cLux Aeterna\u201d (benefiting the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation) includes the world premiere of Zachary Fick-Cambria\u2019s \u201cInvictus,\u201d Morten Lauridsen\u2019s \u201cLux Aeterna (Eternal Light),\u201d with the Longwood Chorus, and Brahms\u2019s First Symphony (March 22<\/a>). Florence Price\u2019s \u201cAdoration\u201d provides the title for the second program (benefiting Vinfen), which includes a guest performance by Cambridge Common Voices and the Rachmaninoff Second Symphony (May 10<\/a>).<\/p>\n

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